Indian Buffalo Management Act

This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to work with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations on managing buffalo and buffalo habitat on Indian land. The Secretary would enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants with Tribes for buffalo restoration and management, commercial buffalo activities, and mobile meat processing facilities, and would provide technical assistance. The Secretary would consult with Tribes on Interior Department actions affecting buffalo, keep confidential information from Tribes private, and could transfer surplus buffalo from federal land to Indian land, with the option to waive charges. The authority in the bill would end 7 years after it becomes law.

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Sponsors

• Martin Heinrich Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors